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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

Last night I ran two different virus scans (AVG and Micro Trend) plus 
spybot and the machine came out fine.

I went down to the bank this morning, it seems this is not a new 
theft but some bookkeeping thing from the first time.

I do feel a little better finding out the Fedex charges were a 
bookkeeping thing rather than a second number theft and having it all 
happen right after using Amazon was just a coincidence.

I guess you can feel safe about using Amazon...

Rob
becida AT comcast.net


At  11/25/2009 10:57 AM,Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> Rob, I would have to agree with Paul. I have been ordering all week
> through Amazon without a problem. I also use and recommend Spybot and I
> use Prevx Edge instead of AVG, but I know AVG is an excellent product as
> well that my friends like.
>
> Spybot is free (a donation is suggested) and Prevx Edge is 34.95.
>
> I used to use McAffee but it was more than twice the cost and tied up my
> system when it was scanning. It was obvious they were not on top of
> things when I got that Windows back door virus that took out my computer
> for a week, and I lost work time. Prevx is always working silently in
> the background, the scan is quick and it lets me keep working so I am
> very happy with it.
>
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
>
> Paul Sparks wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:20:45 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Last week I ordered something from Amazon.com and used my Visa debit
> >> card to pay for it, the NEXT DAY there were a bunch of unauthorized
> >> purchases on it.  Fedex and USPS mostly and lot's of them. I got a
> >> new card and number
> >> I tr\ied to contact Amazon to let them know what was happening but
> >> that did not work out, I received a form email asking what fraudulent
> >> purchases were made at Amazon... My card NUMBER was stolen thru Amazon!
> >>
> >> Yesterday I ordered a used book thru Amazon.com and watched my bank
> >> account, tonight there are 6 Fedex transactions, I just had my card
> >> closed and am done dealing with Amazon.com.
> >>
> >> Once might be bad luck, twice is something more and not being able to
> >> contact Amazon about the problem does not help.
> >>
> >>
> > Rob, you might want to do a malware/anti-virus scan on yr computer. Sounds
> > like someone has a key-stroke reader sitting on yr machine - otherwise, why
> > would this only be happening to you? If it was wide-spread, the word would
> > be out in the public by now.
> >
> > Recommendations...download Spybot (and/or Ad-Aware) for malware (i.e.
> > trojans and the like)...and AVG anti-virus...they are all free 
> (or have free
> > versions - chk at www.download.com.
> >
> > Install 1 program at a time, and then run it. Move on to the next one.
> >
> > Let us all know how it comes out.
> >
> > Paul
> > Paul Sparks
> > BG Media
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> > Estherville IA 51334-1810
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> >
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